Ticket holder



March 16, 1937. M. MACDONALD 2,073,702

TICKET HOLDER Filed April 29, 1955 ATTORNEYJ;

. Patented Mar. 16, 1937 I UNITEDASTATES PATENT OFFICE TICKET HOLDER.

Murdock MacDonald, Cleveland Heights, Ohiov Application April 29, 1935, Serial No. 18,760

3 Claims. (01. zoo-40.5)

The present invention relates to certain novel improvements in that type of ticket holder as shown and described in my prior Patent No. 1,751,744, issued March 25, 1930. Such a type 5 of ticket holder consists essentially of a box-like casing to the bottom side of which is hinged a plate for retaining the stub end of a pad of tickets, a portion of such pad extending exteriorly of the casing and being adapted to be torn off.

along a cuttingedge on the front wall of the casing; the hinged plate on the bottom of the casing is in collapsible form whereby it may be forced inwardly of the casing and thereby free the stubs of torn off tickets from under the cutting edge.

The novel improvements in such a type of ticket holder, as now embodied in the present invention, reside in the provision of a plurality of inwardly projecting fingers or lips on the inner face of the front wall of the casing for the purpose of engaging with the stubs of torn tickets after they have been freed from the cutting edge and moved further into the interior of the casing away from such edge; and a front wall of the casing which is so located with respect to the plane of the pad of tickets extending outwardly from the casing whereby a more convenient and clean-cut ticket tearing action is obtained. Heretofore such a type of ticket holder has included a bulge or concavity in the front wall of the casing for the purpose of providing a pocket. to retain the torn stubs. Such a bulge extending outwardly from the front wall of the casing was found to interfere with the proper tearing action of the tickets,

or, in other words, to prevent that portion of the ticket which was to be torn off, from being drawn close enough or at a sufficiently close angle to the cutting edge in order to secure an easy and well defined tearing action.

Furthermore, the provision of the stub retaining lips within the inner front wall of the casing, as is the case in the present invention, permits the elimination of the bulge heretofore found to be necessary, the provision of a fiat front wall terminating in a straight and unflanged cutting edge, as distinguished from prior cutting edges which were in the form of a flange extending outwardly from the front wall and parallel tothe face of the pad of tickets. Additional objects and advantages of the present invention shall become apparent as the following description proceeds.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and 55 related ends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain structure embodying the invention, such disclosed means con. 5 stituting, however, but one of various structural forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved 10 form of ticket holder, with a portion of the exposed pad of tickets broken away; Fig. 2 is a section taken upon a vertical plane through the holder and substantially alongline 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken along line 3-3 15 of Fig. 1 and showing the casing bottom plate in inwardly pressed position; Fig. 4 is a section taken upon a plane normal to that of Figs. 2 and.

3 and along line 4--4 of Fig. 1, in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 5 is anenlarged fragmentary 20 view of the right hand portion of Fig. 2.

Now referring more particularly to the drawing, the ticket holder comprises a casing I having an open bottom side, and a plate 2 hinged to the back wall 3 as at the point 4. Lugs 5 (only 25 one of which is shown) extend upwardly from the hinged plate 2. and together with the spring pressed wire 6 serve as means for retaining the stub end of the pad of tickets on the plate 2, and within the interior of the casing I. A second bot- 30 tom plate 8 is in turn hinged to the bottom plate 2 and pressed upwardly along its hinged joint by means of the coil spring 9. The plate 8 serves as means for pressing the pad of tickets 1 against the terminal or cutting edge ll] of the'front wall 35 ll of the casing l. A plurality of fingers l2 are mounted upon and longitudinally movable along the shaft l3. The bottom end of the fingers l2 terminate in the outwardly extending, V-shaped prongs which extend beyond the cutting edge I!) 40 and are for the purpose of notching the torn edge of the tickets. The shaft I3 is supported in spaced relationship from the front wall ll of the casing by means of the bosses l6 and I1 extending from the end walls thereof. A coil spring I5 is 45 turned around the shaft I3 and presses against the fingers 12 for the purpose of maintaining the latter incontact with the front wall I l.

A plurality of projecting lips 20 are punched out of a plate 2| which is secured by means of welding or soldering to the inner face of the front wall H. As is illustrated in Fig. 4, the lips 20 are located at different heights or levels above the cutting edge 10, and arranged in staggered or echelon positions.

In Fig. 5, the tearing operation is best illustrated. The ticket 1 which is uppermost of the pad of tickets 1 is moved upwardly by the operator and first contacts with the notching prongs I4; at this point an abrupt jerk is given to the ticket 1' whereby the prongs l4 cut or tear through the face of the ticket in order to impart a series of notches therein. The ticket '5' will then occupy a position as shown in Fig. 5 whereby it is drawn tight against the cutting edge I!) and occupies a plane which is substantially removed from the plane of the pad of tickets 1, as represented by the angle a.

In the next operation, the ticket 1 is torn along the cutting edge I 0 by a lifting or drawing action from one end of the holder to the other, and in a direction coincident'with that of the plane occupied by the ticket I as shown in Fig. 5. In the final step of operation, the bottom plates 2 and 8 are pressed inwardly as shown in Fig. 3, the torn stub or stubs thereby freed from under the cutting edge It], and moved to a position where they are engaged and retained by the projecting lips 20.

From the foregoing description, and particularly with reference to Figs. 2 and 5, it will be seen that the front wall II and the cutting edge Ill occupy a plane disposed at a substantially acute angle b to the plane of the surface of the pad of tickets I. In this manner, it is not necessary for the cutting edge ID to be extended outwardly and parallel to the surface of the pad of tickets, in order that there will be sufiicient room for the ticket when it is torn, while at the same time, there is provided enough space for drawing the ticket 1' around to a great enough angle against the cutting edge In whereby a ticket may be cleanly torn off.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the structure herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

1. In a ticket holder, the combination of a boxlike casing open at one side, pad holding means hinged to one edge of such open side of said casing and adapted to press a pad of tickets against the other edge of the open side, and a series of lips on the interior of said casing member having their edges projecting outwardly therefrom and upwardly with respect to said lastnamed edge, said lips being located at different levels in staggered positions and adapted to enage with the stubs of torn tickets and to retain the latter in a position above said last-named edge.

2. In a ticket holder, the combination of a box-like casing open at one side for enclosing one end of a pad of tickets, pad holding means hinged to one edge of such open side of said cas- Ing and adapted to press a pad of tickets against the other edge of said open side and to enclose a portion of said pad within said casing, a wall of said casing terminating in said last-named edge, said wall and said last-named edge being disposed within a common plane which is at an obtuse angle to that portion of said pad of tickets exposed exteriorly of said casing, and a series of projections on the inside face of said wall for engaging the stubs of torn tickets and retaining the latter in a position above said last-named edge, said projections being located at different levels above said last-named edge.

3. In a ticket holder, the combination of a box-like casing open at one side for enclosing one end of a pad of tickets, pad holding means hinged to one edge of such open side of said casing and adapted to press a pad of tickets against the other edge of said open side and to enclose a portion of said pad within said casing, a wall of said casing terminating in said lastnamed edge, said wall and said 1ast-named edge being disposed within a common plane which is at an obtuse angle to that portion of said pad of tickets exposed exteriorly of said casing, and a series of lips positioned on the inside face of said wall and having their edges projecting outwardly therefrom and upwardly with respect to said last-named edge, said lips being located at different levels in staggered positions thereabove and adapted to engage with and retain the stubs of torn tickets.

MURDOCK MACDONALD. 

